Let us wish a certain little jeweler with the robin’s-egg-blue box happy birthday. Tiffany & Co. is 175 years old this year. (Yikes!) How to celebrate? Buy wrinkle cream? Nope. Create new precious metal, which shall be known across the land as Rubedo (“redness” in Latin).

That’s how it’s marketed. Technically, it’s an alloy (gold, copper, silver). The pinkish mixture comes in pieces priced from $200 to $7,500. Prices are less than gold versions, higher than silver. Tiffany1837 RUBEDO jewelry designs are inscribed with the signature of founder Charles Lewis Tiffany. Available only for 2012.

More festivities: THE Tiffany Diamond, 128.54 carats, has been reset. Now starring as a pendant dripping in white diamonds of more than 120 carats. Price? There is no price; not for sale. See at Holly Golightly’s Tiffany (HQ) in New York City.

Find the rest in Seattle at Pacific Place and University Village, and at Bellevue Square.

History!: Mr. Tiffany brought us not only his eponymous jewelry store but also the country’s first retail catalog. Thanks, Chuck! www.tiffany.com.

Fun fact: Great Seal of the United States (see back of $1 bill). Redesigned by Tiffany, 1880.

“Spoonman Creations is nestled in the beautiful hills of an Oregon paradise, where we hide from ‘regular’ people while making our creations.” Spoonman is funny. And he does emerge to offer his wares at the Portland Saturday Market March through Christmas Eve. Sometimes he’s up in our parts: Folklife, Fremont Solstice. Always at www.spoonman.com.

Rebecca Teagarden: bteagarden@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @RTeagarden. Rebecca Teagarden writes about architecture and design for Pacific NW magazine of The Seattle Times. She is also associate editor of Pacific NW.